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Somehow, some way, I have managed to submit a full-length draft of the theory chapter of my dissertation! This (along with the abundance of zucchini I received from our marketshare) calls for ratatouille. But because I am strange, this ratatouille is a bit unusual, too. It’s ratatouille, in theory.

I’ve been meaning to post this recipe for ages! It’s my go-to quick lunch nowadays. My friend Miriam and I just spent a long time trying to figure out what to call it: it’s sort of like a stew, since it’s nearly soupy and you can eat it over rice, but it’s more like a curry due to its spice. We came up with Creamy Tomato Melanzane (melanzane = another word for eggplant). Give this a try on its own or over some basmati!

Hello, world! I am officially ABD (“All But Dissertation”) as of last week. This calls for some chow. Below is the recipe for small white beans in a sweet lemony red sauce, to be known henceforth as ABD Beans. They’ll be ready in about 15 minutes, which is 0.00000000001% of the time I’ll be spending on my dissertation.

This recipe comes courtesy of my friend’s mother. It’s “unstuffed” cabbage because it contains all the ingredients of the stuffed variety, but the meat is formed into meatballs, which cook in the sauce along with sliced cabbage. This is a very simple dinner that pairs well with crusty bread and with lots of different herbs, if you’re into seasonings.

Mix the other meatball ingredients before you add the meat

Use your hands to mix the ground meat in

Make walnut-sized balls

Chop the end off your cabbage

Cut the cabbage into one-inch roundels

If some core is present in a roundel, cut around it

Cut several 3- or 4-inch-long chunks from each roundel

Voilà cabbage!

Bring the tomato mixture to a boil

Add the cabbage to the boiling tomato mixture

Place the meatballs on top of the cabbage

Meatballs, hanging out!

Cover and cook until the meatballs set

Then stir and place the sauce and cabbage on top of the meatballs, cover, and cook again

An easy, hearty soup that will cook itself for you in the crock pot. You can definitely do this with vegetarian sausage, and you can probably also do it on your stove-top in far less time. But if you have a slow cooker, and you want your house to smell like ambrosia for several hours, follow these easy steps.